++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE++

Turkish authorities have imposed a temporary blackout on distribution of any material concerning the aftermath and investigation of the bombing in Istanbul today, they say, due to the ongoing inquiry and security issues.

This affects ALL news coverage in online print, photos and video being sent back into Turkey.

Clients are advised to seek their own legal advice if they intend to transmit material already supplied by the AP and ongoing news coverage of this specific attack and its aftermath, back into Turkey.

This has been the AP's guidance in previous instances after the Turkish government imposed such a blackout a few hours into an unfolding attack.

Istanbul - 8 June 2016

1. Sun rising above mosque

2. Woman at window making phone call

3. Turkish flag outside house

4. Pan from mosque to park

5. Various of people sitting in park

6. Tilt up on local shop owner Hasan Donmez sitting inside the park while talking on the phone

7. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Hasan Donmez, shop owner:

“It has kind of become normalised (referring to attacks in Turkey). People and politicians got used to the terror everywhere - in Istanbul, in Ankara, in Izmir, in the East, in the West."

8. Various of people walking along street

9. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Canan Ozgur, banker:

“Young people are dying, police officers are dying, civilians are dying. Actually there is nothing to say. But this is this county’s (Turkey’s) faith. Because we elected the authorities and we brought them there. That’s because we have nothing to say right now. It is very sad. I hurt so much.”

10. Tilt up from paper featuring image of aftermath of Tuesday's bomb attack to another paper with headline reading (Turkish) "A car bomb terror, 11 martyrs, 36 wounded, 3 critically"

11. People walking past newspaper stand

12. Man buying newspaper

13. Newspaper headline reading (Turkish) "Five bomb in five months"

14. Newspaper headline reading (Turkish) "An apparent massacre"

15. Newspaper headline reading (English) "Car bomb kills at least 11 in central Istanbul", tilt up to man taking paper out of newspaper stand

16. Newspaper headline reading (English) "Turkey says fight against terrorism to continue to the end after Istanbul blast"

17. Newspaper headline reading (Turkish) "Mean attack"

++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE++

Turkish authorities have imposed a temporary blackout on distribution of any material concerning the aftermath and investigation of the bombing in Istanbul today, they say, due to the ongoing inquiry and security issues.

This affects ALL news coverage in online print, photos and video being sent back into Turkey.

Clients are advised to seek their own legal advice if they intend to transmit material already supplied by the AP and ongoing news coverage of this specific attack and its aftermath, back into Turkey.

This has been the AP's guidance in previous instances after the Turkish government imposed such a blackout a few hours into an unfolding attack.

People living in Istanbul say they are having to get used to deadly attacks being a feature of daily life in the Turkish city.

A day after Tuesday's car bomb that killed 11 people and wounded 36 others, several local residents spoke to The Associated Press about the attack - the fourth to hit Istanbul this year.

“It has kind of become normalised", said shop owner Hasan Donmez on Wednesday morning.

There was no immediate responsibility claim for Tuesday's blast but Turkey has witnessed an increase in violence linked to Kurdish rebels and Islamic State group militants.

Hours after the explosion, police detained four suspects for their possible involvement in the attack, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Authorities imposed a news blackout preventing media from reporting details of the investigations, citing concerns over security and police and forensic efforts to investigate the attack.